Earp Of A Time!

Chapter Three

Alex watched with sharp eyes as Alice was wheeled through the doors of the Sheriffs office and down a hall and across through another set of doors marked with the words BBD in bold print. She was a little concerned about trusting people, especially law enforcement but she had a feeling about Sheriff Haught plus Kara was completely enamored with the woman, talking her ear off about all sorts of things that would have had Alex clawing her ears off but Haught seemed to be equally delighted about Kara's interest and more than once indulged her in talking about her town which her Alien sister seemed to have fallen in love with.

Indeed Kara had perked up the minute they had drove in to said town pointing out how quaint the houses and streets were, how lovely it all looked with the snow covered roofs and fields, like a Christmas card. Alex herself was not so easily impressed, despite being from a small town Alex considered herself a city girl and would never dream of settling down in somewhere so far removed from the rest of civilization. Kara though seemed to be falling more and more in love with the town with every word Haught spoke. Alex cleared her throat as Kara went off on yet another tangent and her sister blushed as she realised that she had been blabbing.

"Sorry," she apologized to the redhead. "I tend to ramble when I'm excited."

Haught on the other hand smiled indulgently. "Its alright Ms Danvers," she said waving off the apology. "You actually remind me of someone I know, she tends to talk fast as well when she's excited, especially if its about something she has researched." The smile on Haughts face was very telling, she was glad that her gaydar wasn't mistaken.

"Girlfriend?" Alex asked knowingly and if the grin that followed didn't confirm it her next words sure did. More than confirmed…

"Fiancé, actually," she explained beaming with love and pride. "Getting married this weekend at the homestead."

The words fiancé and marriage as usual sent a pang through her heart as she thought about her one short lived engagement but surprisingly the pain was much more manageable than it had ever been so she managed a genuine smile at a fellow lesbian and redhead to boot finding the happiness that had evaded Alex for so long.

"Congratulations," exclaimed Kara enveloping the surprised Sheriff in an enthusiastic hug that Alex quickly rescued her from. "You must be so excited!"

Haught blushed and looked away bashfully. "More like anxious," she admitted not meeting the sisters eyes. "Waverly is everything to me, and she could do so much better."

Alex watched Kara frown and muttered under her breath. "Now you've done it Haught." If there was one thing her sister had a weakness for, besides Kryptonite it was a bleeding heart and Nicole Haught, from the little time that she had known her, required an IV stat.

"Nicole Haught," said Kara firmly. " I may not have known you for long but I can see from your actions and your dedication to your job that you're an exceptional person," she pointed to the door through which Alice had been taken. "You decided to help that little girl in there despite the trouble it could cause you. Don't think I didn't hear you postpone your dinner plans, probably with your amazing fiancé, earlier when we came to the station. And I know that no one becomes a sheriff of a town like this at such a young age, female and gay to boot without there being something special about them. So buck up there Sheriff Haught and trust in your fiancés love for you. If shes as wonderful as you say then she knows exactly how special you are!"

At the end of that tirade even Alex was blushing a little and Haught seemed to have turned so red that her forehead matched her hair. But she was sporting a pleased smile at Kara's praise, dimples out in full force as she struggled not to grin.

"Thank you Ms Danvers," she whispered softly looking down and fiddling with her hat.

"None of that," Kara declared and smothered the taller woman in another hug before pulling back. "Its Kara, and you're welcome."

Alex looked from a pleased looking Kara to the ever bashful sheriff and resisted the urge to barf. "You two are going to give me a toothache," she commented as she pushed passed them and backed into the BBD door to make it swing inwards. "Hey you guys remember the child we're supposed to be helping back in here?" she asked them hooking her thumb back at where Alice's crate had disappeared. "Anytime you kids are done with lovey dovey, I could use your help." She let the door close in front of her and turned to see a smallish Indian man circling Alice's crate with a fascinated look on his face.

As she stepped up to talk to him she heard Haught remark to Kara. "Speaking of familiar people, there's someone your sister reminds me of and I don't think either of them will like the comparison." She turned to roll her eyes at Haught as they walked in, not bothering to decipher her words she nodded at the distracted man.

"Care to make introductions," She asked with a mocking smile even as she stared worriedly down at Alice's crate, she hadn't spoken back to her since back in the truck and Alex was really starting to get concerned despite her vital readings saying she was fine.

"This is Jeremy Chetri, he's our resident lab tech," she started…

"Or as Wynonna likes to call me, the resident lab Nerd-Burger," Chetri interrupted looking up from his examination of the box. "This box, the way the lid was cut open? I'd love to know the tools you used…there's no obvious burn marks so it rules out welding but the cut is so precise and sharp but theres no rotations to the striations, actually I can't see any striations at all! Its like a hot knife going through butter but even that would leave marks…" he trailed off looking expectantly from Alex, who was trying not to face-palm, to Kara who was trying not to look to smug at Chetri's praise at her handiwork but also trying very hard to once again look chagrined at the possible discovery of her secret and failing miserably.

Alex sighed. "It was Supergirl," she admitted, decidedly not glancing at Kara. "She and I work together on occasion and when I found out what exactly we were transporting I signaled her with a device she gave me for emergencies, she rescued us and opened up the crate for us. She would have stuck around but National City won't save itself, so she left."

That explanation left jaws hanging.

Haught was beside herself. "S-Supergirl? Seriously? In Purgatory? Oh my God! Oh I gotta call Waverly!" she squealed that last bit out and started fumbling with her phone. Alex looked at her with a raised brow as the, up to now, professional sheriff completely transformed into a fangirl, she didn't have to look at Kara to know she must have the biggest grin on her face.

What surprised her though was Chetri's reaction. He stood there for a second with his mouth agape before sputtering out. "You're saying this was opened by a Kryptonian?" he asked in a hush whisper.

"Not just any Kryptonian, Jer," squealed Nicole, she refused to refer to this groupie in front of her by her surname, even in her own head. "Freaking Supergirl! Ooh Waverly is going to freak!" she said as she put her phone to her ear and started towards the door her voice rising in pitch in her excitement. "Sweetie? You won't believe what just happened…"

Alex turned to Kara once Nicole was gone and rolled her eyes at the pleased look on her sisters face. She nodded to Chetri. "Yeah, Supergirl cut open the top of the box with her fingernail." She watched as Chetri ran his own finger over the cut along the top of the crate.

"But this is so precise and straight!" he exclaimed in astonishment. "No one could freehand a cut this precise without a proper machine or guide!"

Thank Rao Kara was so humble otherwise all this praise could go to her head.

"I've worked with Supergirl for years, trust me; she doesn't see, process or do anything like a human," Alex saw Kara drop her head self consciously. "She might look like us but she's so much more, actually I think," she continued making sure to lock eyes with her sister. "Shes extraordinary," she finished truthfully and watched with satisfaction as Kara's smile returned.

She approached the crate and nodded to the resident geek. "Anyway I think we need to get the girl out of the box as quickly as possible instead of standing around here talking, don't you?" she asked her winking at Kara as she took a hold of the cut lid. "I think it'll take all three of us to lift it," she decided with confidence and grinned when Kara comically folded up her sleeves as if getting ready to lift a trailer when in reality she could probably bench press the entire building for hours and not be drained.

Chetri looked doubtfully at the pair standing around the crate and shrugged, stepping up to the plate. "You did say this was lead right? I'm not saying you ladies aren't strong" he muttered as he took a hold of the edge. "But this might be heavier than you th-" he cut himself off as the lid lifted with effort in his hand and was slid across the top of the box as Kara slowly guided the plate to stand against the box panting as she let go of the metal and straightened back up.

Alex, who was also panting nodded to Chetri. "You must be stronger than you think," she commented as she caught her breath, winking at her sister who was smiling as she adjusted her sleeves. Chetri who was also breathing heavily looked at his arms in wonder.

"Well I have been working out," he admitted bashfully, smiling as he tried not to look too pleased with himself. He failed.

Alex went over to the office cooler and filled a glass marveling at her sisters abilities not for the first time. It would have been so easy for her to just lift that lid off with a lot of power and probably give herself away but she knew exactly the amount of weight she had to support in order to get the job done yet cover for herself so that her strength didn't become apparent. She saw her use this skill in everyday use. Alex had never before considered how much thought must go into every single second of her sisters life. How fragile the world must feel to her.

Deciding to ruminate on that thought a little later Alex walked back to the crate eager to find out why Alice hadn't talked to her again only to stop short. Where last she had seen had been a almost five year old looking girl was now definitely a near adolescent and for the first time Alex realised that the box containing Alice was built, not for a child, but for an adult. Kara must have guessed at her stillness and walked over to her only to gasp at the sight.

"Hey guys," said Chetri as he approached the shocked sisters. "What's wrong…?" He trailed off as he got a glimpse inside the crate. "Hey didn't you say that the girl was five?"

Kara was in full on damage control mode as Alex tried to get to grips with this new development. She reached in and ran her hand through the green liquid. "I know what this is," she said to Alex who was quickly gaining clarity. "Its from Colu, its a biochemical extract that rapidly ages organic beings," she locked eyes with Alex in a panic. "Its already been a while, of we don't get her out of this tank and dry her immediately she will be an adult within the hour. An adult with a child's brain."

Alex had only a split second to decide, but there was really only one decision to be made in the end. She nodded to her sister. "Do it," she ordered and pulled Chetri back as Kara jumped into the air and pulled Alice bodily out of the liquid and zooming off to the decontamination shower that Alex only just noticed, leaving Chetri with wide eyes and Alex with a headache. Kara only took seconds before she was back and placing a wet and naked Alice on the only bed in the lab. Kara, soaking wet herself quickly blew a light level of her ice breath to cool Alice off and zoomed off and returned in a nanosecond with a gown to cover not so little Alice with.

She zoomed back over to stand in front of Alex with a proud smile to declare herself, "Done!," in four seconds flat only to be interrupted by a gasp, and a squeal from the doorway. The three in the room turned around to look and found three more looking their way in various stages of shock. Haught herself was back, along with a diminutive blonde who was definitely giving off Kara vibes if her extremely delighted demeanor didn't give her away, but the one who caught Alex's attention was definitely the hot brunette in the fur coat. And it wasn't entirely because of the extra long barreled revolver she was pointing at Kara.

"Haught, Waverly," she whispered tensely as she cocked the gun and to Alex's surprise the barrel started to glow blue as she aimed down its sights at Kara. "Get behind me. Now"


So since this is Wynonna Earp I decided not to drag out the superhero reveal for the next season or three and then spend the next season dealing with the fallout via mediocre writing, but get it out of the way early so I could get on with the actual story. I think Alice's reveal is suspenseful enough already, don't you think?

Anyways tell me what you think. Like or No. Cheers, mates!